The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-03-10

soul that saws now, while | speak:
81 am immortal; the stars shall die, but
am immortal
You feel that your existence on earth is
only a small piece Of your being. II Is
only a mile up to the-grave, but it is loom
miles beyond. The slab of the tomb IS
only the milestone on which we Travelled.
The world itself will grow old and di5.
The stars of our night will burn
down TO their sockets and exp re. The
sun, like = spark struck from an anvil
will fash and go out The winds will ut
ter their last whisper, and ocean hcave its
last groan; bat you and | will live for
everl Gigantic immortal Mighty ia
suffer or enjoy. Eighty 80 love or hate.
Mighty to soar or sink. Then, what will
be to US the store, the shop, the office, the
applause Of the world. the sCnru ~ ,uI
enemies, the things that lif ot us up and
the things that pressed US downi What
to John Wesley are all the mobs that
hOwled after hint What to Noitaire are
all the nations that applauded himl WHAT
TO Paul now the dungeons that chilled
hint What TO lIatimer now tn
fame that consumed himl All those
who through the grace of Christ reach
that land will never be disturbed None tc
dispute their throne, they shall reign fo o.
ever and ever. But, alas, for those who
have made no preparation for the future
When the sharp-shod hoofs Of eternal
disaster come up painting and swift to 20
over them, how will they contend with
horsesl And when the waves of their
wretchodness rise up, white and fOamy,
under the swooping Of eternal storms,
and the bill ows become moro wrathful
and dash more high, oh, wHat will they
do "amd the swelling Of Jordon";
If could come into your heart this mo-
ment. | would see that many of YOU my
dear fric nds, had vowed to be the Lords.
| know not what sickness it was, or VIII lt
trial; but verify believe there IS not
man in the house but has some tim vowed
he would be the Lor Is. II might have
been at the time when your child lay sick,
you said:
20, Lord, if thou wilt let this child get
well, | Will be Christian
Or it might have been IN some business
trouble, when you have SAID:
80 Lord, if thou wilt let me keep my
property, | will be Christian"
You kept your property, your child got
well, the peril passed ARE you a
ChristianI History says that long ago it
had been announced that the world was
in London. 1t was said that the
world would perish on Il certain Friday On
Tuesday, Wednesday,, Thursday and Fri.
day the people We're in the cathedral,
praying and weeping. 1t seemed "a if the
whole English nation was being convert
ed to God, for it was announced as GER
tain by philosophers that on that
coming Friday the world would per-
ism. Friday came, and there were 10
portents, no fires in the air, no earth
quakes. The day passed along just like
every other day, and when it was past and
the night came, it is said that in London
there was scene of riot, and wassaiI,
and drunkenness, and deb1uchery such
as had never been witnessed They for
got their repentance, they forgot their
good resolutions o how much human
nature in thatl While trials and misfort-
unes come 10 us. and Te are down deep in
darkness and trouble we make vows.
We say
20 Lord, do so, and will do 50"
The darkness passes, the peril goes
away. We are as we were before, or
worse, for oh, how often have seen men
start for the kingdom of God, come to
within arms re Ich of it, and then 90 back
farther from God than they ever We're
before, dropping from the very moment of
their privilege into darkness for ever.
Oh, show ungratcful we have been! Do
you know now much God has dore for
YOU and for me: Have you never fe it,
How much he did for You today Who
sprCa the table for you. Who WatC he'd
you last night: Who has been kind and
good to you ali your life longl
Oh, how uugratefal We have been!
Methinks the goodness of God ought to
lead this whole audience to repentance.
know not your individual history. Some
of you | never saw before. some of you
will never see again; but know that God
has been good to You. What return have
YOU madcf There was a steamer on one
of the Western lakes heavily laden with
passen gers, and there was a little child
who stood ON the side of the taffrail,
leaning over and watching the water,
when she lost her balance and dropped
into the waves. The lake was very
rough. The mother cried:
''Save my child! Save my child"
There seemed none disposed to leap into
the water There was a Newfoundland
dog on deck. He looked up in his mas
ter's face, as if for orders. His master
sand:
fray, overheard, eaten EN- T.
The dog sprang into the water, caught
the child by the garments, and swan
back to the steamer. The child was
picked up by loving hands, the dog was
lifted on deck, and the mother, ere she
tainted away in utter thanksgiving
to that dog, threw his arms around
it's neck and kissed it; but the dog
shook himself off from her embrace, and
went and laid down as though he had ac
complished nothing. Shall mother be
grateful to dog that saved her child, and
be ungrateful to the Son of God from the
heights of Heaven, plunged into the depth
of darkness, and suffering, and woe, that
he might lift US up out of that sin, and place
US on the rock of ages! Oh, the height
the depth. the length. the intnity, the nor
ror Of our ingratitude! Don't you treat
Jesus that way any more. Don't you thrust
him back from your soul. He has beer
the best friend you ever had. You will
want him after awhile. When the world
is going away from your grasp, and al
the lights that shine on your soul are
going out, and the friends that stand
around you can do you no good, and yOr
feel your feet slipping from beneath you
ON then you will want him-the lovine
Jesus, the sympathetic Jesus. the pardon
ing Jesus-to stand close to you, and tC
hold you up ''amid the swelling of JOr
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